Parks
Parks is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 59 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 590.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 202363 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1892
- 1,389people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,389 boys have been named Parks in the United States since 1892, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2023, with 63 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2008, and the 2010s alone account for 29%.
By decade
| Decade | boys named Parks | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | |
| 1910s | 91 | |
| 1920s | 135 | |
| 1930s | 73 | |
| 1940s | 84 | |
| 1950s | 66 | |
| 1960s | 43 | |
| 1970s | 12 | |
| 1980s | 26 | |
| 1990s | 27 | |
| 2000s | 171 | |
| 2010s | 400 | |
| 2020s | 256 |
In 2023, its biggest year
Parks was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2023 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2023.
Names that rose and fell with Parks
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Morrisonpeak 2015
- Theodorpeak 2022
- Jethropeak 2024
- Edisonpeak 2018
- Hanselpeak 2021
- Linuspeak 2017
- Jeterpeak 2015
- Landerpeak 2022
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.